BCR GJAG LTD

Registered charity 1101438 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as BCR GATESHEAD LTD, BEIS CHAYE ROCHEL (THE GATESHEAD JEWISH ACADEMY) LIMITED, THE GATESHEAD JEWISH ACADEMY FOR GIRLS

The objectives of the charity being the advancement and promotion or Orthodox Jewish religion, education and general secular education and vocational training for Jewish girls is being achieved through the operation of a residential college. The college delivers an intensive programme of religious Jewish education as well as the provision of vocational training.

Objects

THE ADVANCEMENT OF JEWISH RELIGIOUS EDUCATION AND THE ADVANCEMENT OF THE JEWISH FAITH.

Area of benefit: NOT DEFINED. IN PRACTICE IN THE GATESHEAD AREA OF TYNE AND WEAR.

The charity’s charitable objects and area of benefit, quoted from its governing document as held on the Charity Commission register.

Causes: Education/training · Grant history (this charity is a funder) · Get email alerts

Registered contact address: Gateshead, North East, England (from the postcode on the register)

Financial health, per its FY2025 accounts

The accounts state that the charity generated a net income of £118,614 for the year ended 31 March 2025, with total income of £1,548,298 against total expenditure of £1,594,011. Per the trustees' report, free reserves amounted to £90,156, which represents approximately 16% of direct charitable activities, and the trustees are satisfied this is a suitable level given the nature of revenue receipts and costs.

Automated summary of the FY2025 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by Haffner Hoff Ltd. Discloses 4 of 6 completeness components.

In its annual return the charity told the Commission it is also regulated by: Homes England. This is the charity’s own declaration; it is not a rating and has not been verified by the Commission or by this site.

Policies the charity declares

In its annual return the charity told the Commission that it has the policies listed below. This is self-declared: it is not verified by the Commission or by this site, and it is not evidence of how a policy works in practice.

• Complaints policy and procedures
• Financial reserves policy and procedures
• Internal charity financial controls policy and procedures
• Internal risk management policy and procedures
• Risk management
• Safeguarding policy and procedures
• Safeguarding vulnerable beneficiaries
• Serious incident reporting policy and procedures
• Trustee conflicts of interest policy and procedures
• Trustee expenses policy and procedures

From the charity’s annual return (Part A, self-declared)

Answers and figures the charity gave in Part A of its annual return to the Charity Commission. They are self-declared: not verified by the Commission or by this site. Only positive answers and figures are listed; items not listed are simply not shown.

Source: this charity’s annual returns on the Charity Commission register.

Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2025)

Reported reserves equal ~16.7 months of spending — in the top quarter for charities its size (median 4.7 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Donations and legacies (61% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.3%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• David Katz
• LIONEL SPITZER · trustee of 4 other charities
• Samuel Rosenthal
• Yehoshua Yaakov Lobenstein

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Gateshead

Income and spending

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Known funders

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Semantically similar by activities and financial character, from our analysed corpus. Compare with JGR College.

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• BEIS SOROH SCHENIERER SEMINARY income £1.4m
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• JASTER LTD income £194k
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Side by side with its peers

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